Telegram-herald., 1887-02-01

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DR. Berry : ford u lei.lls Is experiences
u early ezys ia tns hLp-1~ aud F2ruealar-
y Of 1fip d0s 0fs1d River Ia I>l9-
fhls !. given dsl5e ia h.s oso language.
Ia 1875 d n Delaney anl q SIT Drlouz
were going u . coaE O. Grand Haven ST.
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1=fe Ho embarked TIE Hste- was -l-l.
ne rAn down whe.e noe dlg
izgd. cgu-lns 4DrolE4 lLr easy 01 l-I
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0f b1t-elao1lh ooe aal a.1ag tlr0le d llo
Hare Eogals " A5ls0u. Matter q Company.
through the alleg back ol tie Kent to4l. y
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the sweet House aud flro1el i-e 1lre~-Jrs
0f the Old National bank GlQ thf0lsl r..
Pence -t0re. aud through t4- oarn next
Nest Oi tle Las.a. anl l1sn lst east Of he
Granger barn. and through ne west WAl
oi tie " a. berAey flrairlne establish
lnelI. and through the WEI e-a % Arthur
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straight liue. slightly curslug ~es, sart 10
tLe J alton sucet bridge emOeukuleuL
about twenty leei Wesi " the Barnard
House sben down - the steamboat land
.ug. about thirtv ieet west Of the Canoe
warehouse and then down tae channel
unu be.0N Oh the three ISLANDS. Il-s
route was the steamboat route Ot those
DAYS. Toe las- Duiiliag Ne sAW until We
srrigoI almost 10 sight 81 OrAndFllic was
the warehouse a .tW rods below tie bar
nard House We bad started al I'D U clock
IN the forenoon. Just opposite the Canoe
warehouse couple OF me saw-iogs lay
entar lied im the .iilOEs IN the margin %
the river. lad been told tina. Il IS one
of the customs Ot tle RIVER that al esiray
log became toe property % any cne seclr-
ius ana caring for l- At tLat uIne logs
were not run. Dut only RATED II the river
neither we're they - vaiuab e n noW. oar
funds were very low, little money Was cir
culaied here then. the business Of the
country was mainly transacted 10 the Way
Of barter and exchange. l SAID why not
gather III the iogs aud cell them to pay ex-
penses' One Of the party got them lose,
another pat board across then We hunted
for and got others and fastened them to-
gether IN a raft and tOwed them down. We
arrived with them IL the mouth Of Sand
Greek the first night and stayed
there all night with Bethuel Church,
lhe lumberman father OF the inventor.
Melvin Church OF this city. After break
fast we started. and about q mile below.
| found rle Two Sisters well known saloon
| and grocery boat made by la lening planks
across two immense dug out and building
a room over Il. John Barr ran it with
small stock OF groceries and large stock 0f
! liquors. 10 vlu.cIed here lust below the
| tower clock some afly feet and summerei
al the Haven during ne season Of nevigat-
| ton for which point Il was then floating
/ Mart smith wa5 aOOard helping him. we
| got some WHISKY and accounted for our
raft Of logs. by telling what We wers doing
I SAYS Mart. Bsrr as.entlnsl Boys. You
don't understand IT, you ought 10 have a
man on the bank rolling them In, and then
YOU bnd them, that IS the custom OF the
| country. Now take bottle Of whisky with
! you and in vite the logs out 20 take a drink
/ and they Will C0ae. that is the custom OF
4 the country. so ;l ls legal We found lots
! of ogs on the bank awaiting rafting down,
/ 0u, very few floating ones, tie water would
/ be around many Of them blt not deep
enough 20 fOs. them We ran 40 near
shore. fom time % time aad held up the
/ whisky bottle aad said Logs come out AMI
\ take drink. and presently log would
J cOmmenCe rolling toward the water and u
/ prevent their sWampDg Us, We would row
| Ous Gul thsu return and put some two or
! three Ot them into the refl al each landing
At the mouth OF Bass TiveT We met pole
! bost coming up. loaded with goods, 10 Was
| tue first Of the sea-on. Tom Robbins faith
e. had charge OF her that tria, WAS told
! knew none Of them. II was a iabOrlOus
way OF travelling, a toot-Ooard ran along on
each side, a man on each side had &
| setting pole some twenty feet long, al
the bow DE set the end Of his pole
| on the bottom Of The river, and the other
end of 1t against bis shoulder, and walked
| TO the stern OF the boat. The boat had TO
| 90 abssG gs be walked, the pair kept pretty
good time. There were usually three men
on a SIDE. and each pair On reaching the
stern lifted their poles ont ~ the water and
vent aSEtu - the bOw aud rspeated the
same opera1On. There would be thus .To
Of the three par trays ins toward the stern
pushing. and ono PAIR travelling .0Tard the
tow. They ula un at uiI Ilt ai9ng hs c8nk.
and s1rped and ep' aboard me beat end
were tao or three devs going from the
I mouth % t1e rapids oi Ilc r.reT Inev were
sl1r aud safe they bur .tea 10 h1lers. al
( though often bursting tle patience 0f the
uElucky pass8ng-r-
TIE second night we STAYED at Norton
/ vile and in tue morning sol Col norton
our fsf. t9s l1-ethlns Over is al 'u cash.
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